Guard for sleeping-car berths



E. A. MQMANN. Guard for Sleeping-Oar Berths.

No. 223,527. Patented Jan. 13, 1880.

N. PETERS, PHUTO-LITHQGRAPHER, WASHINGTON a O UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

ELEANOR A. MGMIANN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

GUARD FOR SLEEPING-CAR BERTHS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 223,527, dated 13, 1880. Application filed November 24, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEANOR A. MGMANN, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Safeguard for Railway Car Sleeping- Berths, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation. view showing guard detached;

The object of my invention is to provide a safeguard against the liability of persons being thrown out of railway-car sleeping-berths while said cars are in motion.

The nature of the invention will fully appear fromthe subjoined description when considered with reference to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

A is a strip of wood, in which are fixed sockets a a to receive the foot of posts B B. Said strip A forms a base for supporting the safeguard, and may consist of a separate piece attached to the front of the berth, or it may be the front rail orframe-work comprising the berth.

The safeguard consists of a wire railing constructed, substantiallyas'shown, with posts B B, rails U C, and pickets D D, the lower rail resting on the strip A, while the feet of the posts which project through said lower rail rest in the aforesaid sockets a a, thus leavin g no space for the bed-clothes to slip through. The said safeguard is provided with a latch consisting of two lovers, E E, pivoted together at their middle part, and to a bar, F,

Fig. 2 is a on the railing, their lower ends projecting downward, and having hooks which engage with a latch-plate, G, into which they enter. The said levers are kept spread apart by means of a spring, H, fixed between them above the.

pivot. There is also a stop, I, on said bar F, to prevent the levers from turning over.

The method of attaching this safeguard is simply to set it on the strip A with the feet of the posts inserted in the sockets a a, and with the lower end of the latch-levers E E inserted in the latch-plate G. Thehooked ends of said levers,cat-ching under the plate G, prevent the guard from being lifted up or removed either by jarring or otherwise.

This guard is simple, convenient, and a perfect safeguard or protection to passengers occupying sleeping-berths having .it attached from being thrown out. It is light and thin, and can be easily stowed away with other appurtenances belonging to the sleeping-berth.

Having described in y invention, I claim- The combination, with a sleeping bert-h ot' railway-cars, of a safeguard consisting of the posts B B, rails C O, and pickets D D, the feet of said posts arranged to enter sockets a a in therail A, and the said railing providedwith a latch device consisting of levers E E, pivoted together and to bar F, spring H, and catch-plate Gr, all substantially as described.

ELEANOR A. MGMANN.

Witnesses;

E. W. LAIRD, GEO. WLTIBBITTS. 

